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Selenaspidus portulacariae Hall, 1939 (Diaspididae: Selenaspidus)

Nomenclatural History

• Selenaspidus portulacariae Hall 1939: 98. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Fort Beaufort, on Portulacaria afra.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, 1.5 mm in diameter; low convex, semitransparent, and pale smoky brown in colour; larval exuviae golden, nymphal exuviae pale brown to golden; in some specimens the larval exuviae pale brown to golden; in some specimens the larval exuviae exhibit a dark median longitudinal stripe (Hall, 1939).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1939) and by Mamet (1958a).

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